41.9% ▲ +203.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lawes · Suburb / Locality
Language in Lawes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Forty-two percent of people in Lawes use a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind, with a strong presence of non-English speaking households.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language for 35.2% of residents, while 7.6% speak Cantonese and 3.8% speak Vietnamese. About 4.8% of the community speak little or no English, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
4.8% ▲ +123.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Lawes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31644/lawes/topic/language